Dublin City Business Improvement District (BID) has launched the App version of its award winning consumer website DublinTown.ie. Created by Dubliners, for Dubliners, this new free App will highlight all of the fantastic places to eat, drink, shop and enjoy, both day and night, in Dublin’s fair city.
DublinTown.ie was launched six months ago to highlight all that this city lovingly referred to as ‘Town’ has to offer. The site recently picked up two awards at the Irish Web Awards including the highly coveted ‘Most Innovative Website in Ireland’. The website came about to fill a gap in the online landscape for a one-stop information source for city centre life. Both the site and App have been stylishly crafted to not only exist as a comprehensive reference point for visiting the city, but also to be an enjoyable online read.
In a digitally-connected world, this multifunctional App puts the places and events you need to know in Dublin Town right in the palm of your hand. Some of key features of the App are:
• An ‘I’m in mood for’ section that highlights the city’s great offerings under Food, Bar, Culture, Shop, Club and Services.
• A very comprehensive ‘What’s on section’ where users can search the city’s events by what’s on today, tomorrow, next week or the coming months.
• A ‘Getting around’ section that contains essential information on the city transport links in one place including live twitter feeds from Luas, Dublin Bus and Irish Rail, all within the App.
• A ‘Stories’ section that gives the user an insight into the businesses that make the Dublin city streets tick. This section features interviews with some well-known business personalities, reminding us that it really is the people who make Dublin Town the exciting hub of activity it is today.
• A ‘Nearby’ section where using built-in GPS mapping the App can pinpoint your exact location and detect things to see and do in your vicinity. The user can also search for a business, view full details including pictures, get directions from their current location or call the business all from within the App.
• A clever feature of the App is that it has the latest ‘Augmented Reality’ capability built in, enabling the user to explore the city using their phone’s camera, telling them what’s around them as they move the camera 360 degrees.
All of this and more makes the Dublin Town App a great reference point for both the practical and the pleasurable.
Dublintown.ie is an initiative of Dublin City BID and was built in collaboration with local creative talent and local business owners. The App has been built by Dublin based company iGuide Mobile Applications Ltd.
The DublinTown App is available to download for free on iTunes here and by searching for “Dublintown” in the Google Play Store.